PARADISE BIRD. 201 



19 —WHITE PARADISE BIRD. 



Pavadisea alba, Ind. Orn. i. 197. Zool. Ind. p. 35. V. Gmel. Lin. i. 402. Shaw's 



Zool. vii. 501. 

 Paradis blanc, Ois. de Parad. p. 27. 

 Promerops, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Ixxxvi. 

 White Paradise Bird, Ind. Zool. 4to. p. 23. V. 



THIS is said to be entirely white, resembling the Papuan sort, 

 our smaller species, as to general habit ; that it is extremely rare, 

 and found in New Guinea. This very short account copied by Dr. 

 Forster from Fr. Valentyn,* is the only one we find concerning this 

 bird ; of which, we believe, there is no figure extant. M. Temminck, 

 perhaps, has been more fortunate in having seen a specimen, as he 

 mentions it as Promerops. 



20— GOLDEN PARADISE BIRD 



Paradisea aurea, Ind. Orn. i. 197. Bor. Nat. 9. 122. 



— — — — — flavo fulva, Mus. Ad. Fr. i. 15. 



— — — — aurantia, Shaw's Zool. vii. 499. 



Oriolus aureus, Lin. i. 163. Gm. Lin. i. 394. 



Loriot, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. liv: 



Icterus Indicus, Bris. App.37 Id. 8vo. i. 191. 



Rollier de Paradis, Buf. iii. 149. 



Le Paradise orange, Ois.de Parad. p. 26, pi. 11, 12. 



Golden Paradise Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 483. Edw. pi. 112. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill one inch, rather bent and brown, 

 darker at the tip ; the throat and fore part of the neck for an inch 

 and a quarter covered with black velvety feathers ; the head, neck, 

 and body fine orange colour ; beneath yellow ; shoulders of the 



* Franc. Valentyn. Beschryving van Oude end nieuwe Oost-Indien. vol. iii. p. 316, 317, 

 1724. 



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